The aim of this course, as it relates to aviation flight crews, technicians and managers, is to reduce errors and their associated costs, create a corporate culture conducive to human error prevention and to develop realistic and immediate safety nets.

Attend the NBAA Single-Pilot Safety Standdown October 21 in Las Vegas, NV, to learn key methods, techniques and resources to go beyond mere proficiency and take you on the path to mastery of your business aircraft.

Ranked as one of the largest trade shows in the United States, the 2019 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition will bring together current and prospective aircraft owners, manufacturers and customers into one meeting place to get critical work accomplished.

Join NBAA for its fifth annual National Safety Forum on October 24 in Las Vegas, NV. This premier business aviation event will focus on the pursuit of excellence in airmanship while operating in our ever more automated world.

NBAA’s West Palm Beach Regional Forum will bring current and prospective business aircraft owners, operators, manufacturers, customers and other industry personnel together for a one-day event on Jan. 29, 2020 at Palm Beach International Airport (PBI).

Expand your leadership skills at the 2020 Leadership Conference, held Feb. 24-26 in Orlando. Offering two days of captivating sessions and numerous networking opportunities, you are sure to be inspired and ready to succeed.

NBAA’s San Jose Regional Forum will bring current and prospective business aircraft owners, operators, manufacturers, customers and other industry personnel together for a one-day event on March 5, 2020 at San Jose International Airport (SJC).

Whether you plan to stay up-to-date on the latest operational information critical to your job function or discover a new vendor or supplier in the growing exhibit hall, you’ll want to make plans to attend SDC2020.

From regional reviews to customs updates, the 2020 International Operators Conference is the best opportunity to stay up to date on the critical information you need to do your job as safely and securely as possible.

As the premier business aviation event in Asia, ABACE brings together thousands of business aviation leaders, entrepreneurs and other purchase decision-makers. ABACE2020 is the perfect venue for investors considering aviation as a business opportunity, companies thinking of using an aircraft for business, and flight departments who have long used aircraft as a valuable business tool.

This is a can’t-miss event that will help you elevate the safety, security and service aspects of your operations. Through interactive education sessions and critical peer-to-peer networking, you’ll walk away from this three-day event with immediate actionable items to take back to your team.

From education led by industry experts to critical peer-to-peer networking, NBAA’s Maintenance Conference held in Hartford, CT from May 5 to 7, 2020, is the best place for event for ALL maintenance professionals, from directors of maintenance to maintenance technicians, to learn current best practices.

Join us at NBAA’s 2020 Security Conference, where you can raise the level of best practices for business aviation security through scenario-based problem solving and provide real-life content from experienced operators and security experts.

Hosted jointly by EBAA and NBAA, EBACE2020 is the perfect venue in Europe for companies who want to showcase their aviation products and services, meet qualified buyers and get critical business done for the year ahead.

NBAA’s White Plains Regional Forum will bring current and prospective business aircraft owners, operators, manufacturers, customers and other industry personnel together for a one-day event on June 10, 2020 at Westchester County Airport (HPN).

Ranked as one of the largest trade shows in the United States, the 2020 NBAA-BACE will bring together current and prospective aircraft owners, manufacturers and customers into one meeting place to get critical work accomplished.

Thousands of business leaders, government officials, manufacturers, flight department personnel and all manner of people involved in nearly every aspect of business aviation will meet to conduct business and make buying decisions for the year ahead.

Expand your leadership skills at the 2020 Leadership Conference, held Feb. 24-26 in Orlando. Offering two days of captivating sessions and numerous networking opportunities, you are sure to be inspired and ready to succeed.

Whether you plan to stay up-to-date on the latest operational information critical to your job function or discover a new vendor or supplier in the growing exhibit hall, you’ll want to make plans to attend SDC2020.

From regional reviews to customs updates, the 2020 International Operators Conference is the best opportunity to stay up to date on the critical information you need to do your job as safely and securely as possible.

This is a can’t-miss event that will help you elevate the safety, security and service aspects of your operations. Through interactive education sessions and critical peer-to-peer networking, you’ll walk away from this three-day event with immediate actionable items to take back to your team.

From education led by industry experts to critical peer-to-peer networking, NBAA’s Maintenance Conference held in Hartford, CT from May 5 to 7, 2020, is the best place for event for ALL maintenance professionals, from directors of maintenance to maintenance technicians, to learn current best practices.

Join us at NBAA’s 2020 Security Conference, where you can raise the level of best practices for business aviation security through scenario-based problem solving and provide real-life content from experienced operators and security experts.

NBAA’s West Palm Beach Regional Forum will bring current and prospective business aircraft owners, operators, manufacturers, customers and other industry personnel together for a one-day event on Jan. 29, 2020 at Palm Beach International Airport (PBI).

NBAA’s San Jose Regional Forum will bring current and prospective business aircraft owners, operators, manufacturers, customers and other industry personnel together for a one-day event on March 5, 2020 at San Jose International Airport (SJC).

NBAA’s White Plains Regional Forum will bring current and prospective business aircraft owners, operators, manufacturers, customers and other industry personnel together for a one-day event on June 10, 2020 at Westchester County Airport (HPN).

From regional reviews to customs updates, the 2020 International Operators Conference is the best opportunity to stay up to date on the critical information you need to do your job as safely and securely as possible.

Hosted jointly by EBAA and NBAA, EBACE2020 is the perfect venue in Europe for companies who want to showcase their aviation products and services, meet qualified buyers and get critical business done for the year ahead.

Thousands of business leaders, government officials, manufacturers, flight department personnel and all manner of people involved in nearly every aspect of business aviation will meet to conduct business and make buying decisions for the year ahead.

From regional reviews to customs updates, the 2020 International Operators Conference is the best opportunity to stay up to date on the critical information you need to do your job as safely and securely as possible.

Hosted jointly by EBAA and NBAA, EBACE2020 is the perfect venue in Europe for companies who want to showcase their aviation products and services, meet qualified buyers and get critical business done for the year ahead.

Thousands of business leaders, government officials, manufacturers, flight department personnel and all manner of people involved in nearly every aspect of business aviation will meet to conduct business and make buying decisions for the year ahead.

Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) – Santa Monica, CA

Background

Santa Monica Municipal Airport is located in and operated by the City of Santa Monica, CA. The airport has no commercial service and only one jet center FBO, and is promulgating policies hostile to aviation and particularly to turbine aircraft. The airport aggressively enforces a pre-Airport Noise and Capacity Act (1990) single-event landing-and-takeoff noise rule.

Because SMO now applies noise violations to “operators” versus to particular aircraft, and is strictly enforcing the rule, companies operating multiple aircraft increasingly must reduce fuel loads to ensure continued access. Of course, this scenario inhibits access and reduces the utilization and value of business aviation.

The City of Santa Monica is actively working to restrict operations at SMO, with an ultimate aim to close the airport. The city increased the fine and expulsion regime associated with the rule and previously attempted to interpret original FAA design criteria as a further means of limiting business aviation aircraft. More recently, the city has suggested that it would seek to restrict the sale of leaded fuel and impose other operational restrictions at the airport.

While the city is challenging the applicability of the Surplus Property Act, which would require to keep the airport open in perpetuity, on Dec. 4, 2015, the FAA ruled that the 20-year grant assurances apply through Aug. 27, 2023. In principle, this should mean that the city cannot impose any new restrictions on users and tenants through that date – but the city is likely to appeal the FAA’s decision, as well as look for “loopholes.”

Business aviation continues at SMO despite a shortened runway and strict noise abatement procedures. In April 2019, a Dassault Falcon 8X set a new city-pair speed record with a nonstop flight from Santa Monica to New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport.

At a May 14, 2018, hearing of the U.S. Court of Appeals, NBAA and other parties asked the court to vacate a deal between the FAA and the city of Santa Monica, CA, which allows the city to shorten the runway and close the Santa Monica Municipal Airport after 2028.

NBAA has filed its final brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit challenging the legality of the unprecedented settlement agreement reached earlier this year between the FAA and the city of Santa Monica, CA over the future of Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO.)

Despite ongoing litigation by NBAA and other parties, the city of Santa Monica, CA is moving forward with a runway shortening project at Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO), starting Monday, Oct. 9. SMO’s single runway will be reduced from 4,973 feet in length to 3,500 feet, with project completion expected by the end of this year.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today responded to a May 4 order from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, delivered in connection with recent actions taken by the association to challenge an agreement between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the City of Santa Monica, which would restrict or ultimately prohibit aviation access to Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO).

After almost 50 years and thousands of pilots trained, American Flyers is pulling up stakes at Southern California’s historic Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO). American Flyers closed its doors at SMO on April 15, consolidating its western operations at its facilities in Scottsdale, AZ and Texas.

Three new RNAV approach procedures into Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) will go into effect later this week, dramatically expanding access to the Southern California airfield in adverse weather conditions. The new procedures follow more than two years of engagement by NBAA with the FAA.

Continuing threats of closure at California’s embattled Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) are upending one family’s assets and lifetime worth of work. Even though Kim Davidson, his family and staff have maintained thousands of aircraft at SMO since 1982, the respected service and repair center owner may see the fruits of his labor – and his retirement dreams – disappear.

Today, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) joined with five other aviation stakeholders to file a motion before the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, requesting a stay against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and an injunction against the city of Santa Monica, CA preventing any further actions to reduce the length of the runway, and to curtail aviation operations at Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO), while the court reviews an unprecedented settlement agreement between the FAA and the city.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) issued the following statement today in response to a settlement reached between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the City of Santa Monica, CA that will keep Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) open until Dec. 31, 2028.

In a simulated disaster-response exercise at Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) on Jan. 14, 2017, 10 airplanes from five airports across Los Angeles County demonstrated the importance of the historic airfield in serving the community during times of crisis.

As NBAA and other stakeholders continue their efforts to defend Santa Monica Municipal Airport from threats of closure, two airport restaurants are feeling the pressure of the city's actions to stifle operations.

With Santa Monica, CA officials escalating their efforts to close Santa Monica Municipal Airport, NBAA is intensifying its campaign to ensure that this vital community asset remains open and accessible.

In May 2016, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court's ruling that denied the city of Santa Monica, CA's request to clarify ownership of Santa Monica Municipal Airport, returning the case for further proceedings.

On April 22, 2016, NBAA joined other stakeholders at Santa Monica Municipal Airport in responding to a 'motion to dismiss' filed by city officials against a portion of a complaint filed by airport advocates earlier this year at the FAA.

In an Oct. 26, 2015, letter to Santa Monica, CA officials, NBAA reemphasized the Association's commitment to hold the city of Santa Monica accountable if it were to adopt measures that are at odds with its legal obligations to Santa Monica Airport.

On July 14, 2015, NBAA again warned the city of Santa Monica, CA, that it must abide by its federal obligations and extend the leases of various airport tenants at Santa Monica Airport for a term of at least three years.

In January 2015, NBAA joined with AOPA in filing an amicus curiae brief in support of the FAA’s opposition to one of the latest efforts by the city of Santa Monica, CA to restrict operations at Santa Monica Municipal Airport.

In a March 27, 2014, filing to the Santa Monica city clerk's office, proponents of Santa Monica Airport called for an amendment to the city's charter requiring voter approval of any non-aviation redevelopment of the land on which the airport currently sits.

Jay Elder, executive vice president and national sales director for American Flyers, is concerned about the impact of a landing fee set to go into effect in summer 2013 at Santa Monica Municipal Airport.

NBAA is a fighting a decision last week by the Santa Monica City Council to institute a 250 percent increase in landing fees at the city’s general aviation airport, Santa Monica Airport (SMO). In public comments, NBAA argued the increase is unreasonable and unlawful, and is considering legal measures to halt the proposal, scheduled to become effective on Aug. 1. NBAA Chief Operating Officer Steve Brown urged against the increase at the meeting, alongside dozens of members of the local aviation community, including pilots, flight instructors and FBO representatives.

Los Angeles City Council officials have passed a resolution supporting efforts to close six flight schools operating at Santa Monica Airport (SMO), based on the patently false and politically motivated allegation that they are a safety hazard.

The City of Santa Monica, California, operator of Santa Monica Municipal Airport, has advanced a technical proposal to FAA’s Office of Safety and Standards in Washington, DC, which if accepted by FAA, would enhance the airport’s Runway Safety Area (RSA) situation at the airport. The current SMO airport infrastructure supports Runway 3/21 which is 4987’ in length and 150’ wide, but there is no excess airport property available to accommodate standard RSAs.

California Assemblyman Ted Lieu’s (D-53) Assembly Bill 2501, if passed into law, will require the Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) to monitor turbine and turbo-prop aircraft taxi and ground operations 24 hours a day for one year beginning January 1, 2007. AB 2501, recently passed by the State Assembly, is now before the State Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing on Tuesday June 27, 2006. It then moves to the Appropriations Committee.

Founded in 1947 and based in Washington, DC, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is the leading organization for companies that rely on general aviation aircraft to help make their businesses more efficient, productive and successful.